J3/05-112r1
Date: 29 Jan 2005
To: J3
From: John Reid
Subject: IEEE_VALUE
Here is a draft response for F03/0033, with thanks to Malcolm Cohen
for his help.
NUMBER: F03/0033
TITLE: IEEE_VALUE()
KEYWORDS: IEEE-754, IEEE_VALUE
DEFECT TYPE: Interpretation
STATUS: For consideration
QUESTION:
What does "Generate an IEEE value" in 14.9.2 mean?
Fortran 2003 in 14.9.2 has: "Generate an IEEE value" without any
explanation of what that means, nor any indication that it is
defined elsewhere.
ANSWER:
14.9 contains tables of procedures with a short description of each,
modelled on 13.5. Each procedure is specified in 14.10 and the
reader should have no difficulty in finding its specification there.
EDITS: None.
SUBMITTED BY: Fred Tydeman
HISTORY: J3/05-112 m171 Submitted